UMSEBENZI WOKUPHILA KWEMVELO
“Kodwa lapho kwamthokozisa uNkulunkulu . . . ukuba embule iNdodana yaKhe kimi . . .”
KwabaseGalathiya 1:15-16
Ubizo lukaNkulunkulu alulona ubizo lwenkonzo ethile; indlela engiluhumusha ngayo ingase ibangelwe ukuthi ukuthintana nemvelo kaNkulunkulu kungenze ngabona lokho engingathanda ukumenzela khona. Ubizo lukaNkulunkulu ngokuyinhloko lubonakalisa imvelo yaKhe; inkonzo iwumphumela walokho okufanelana nemvelo yami. Umsebenzi wokuphila kwemvelo uchazwa umphostoli uPawulu — "Lapho kwamthokozisa uNkulunkulu ukuba embule iNdodana yaKhe kimi ukuze ngishumayele ngaYo" (okungukuthi, ngiyiveze ngendlela yesakramente ) "phakathi kwabezizwe."
Inkonzo iwukuchichima kokuzinikela okwedlulele; kodwa, uma sikhuluma ngokujulile, alukho ubizo lwalokho, kuyingxenye yami encane engokoqobo futhi iwukunanela kokuhlotshaniswa kwami nemvelo kaNkulunkulu. Inkonzo iyingxenye yemvelo yokuphila kwami. UNkulunkulu ungiletha ebudlelwaneni naYe engiqonda ngabo ubizo lwaKhe, bese ngenza izinto ngokwami ngenxa yothando olumsulwa enginalo ngaYe. Ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kuyisipho sothando samabomu esivela emvelweni eluzwile ubizo lukaNkulunkulu. Inkonzo ibonakalisa lokho okufanelana nemvelo yami: ubizo lukaNkulunkulu lubonakalisa imvelo yaKhe; ngenxa yalokho lapho ngamukela imvelo yaKhe futhi ngizwa ubizo lwaKhe, izwi lemvelo yobuNkulunkulu lizwakala kukho kokubili futhi lokhu kokubili kusebenza ndawonye. INdodana kaNkulunkulu iyazembula kimi, futhi ngiyikhonza ezindleleni ezivamile zokuphila ngenxa yokuzinikela kwami kuYo.